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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not really. There have been a few of us who have been quick to point out the failings of Brad Treliving but have been shouted down by the Brad Treliving fan club. It doesn't matter what you point out about the flaws in Treliving or the paper thin organization he's "built" (that's being polite) there is a segment, of which you are the leader, that will make excuses for and build narratives that just aren't supported in reality. The failures are long and well documented. Yes, Treliving has made some good moves but he has made as many if not more poor moves. You don't get by on a GM that is .500 in their decision making, especially when it comes to coaching selections and trading away futures that needed to counter the mistakes made.
On paper. And only because they refused to look at the gaps and problems that existed in the roster. It was as obvious as the day was long that the Flames were short a top six winger, preferably a scorer on the right side. It was glaring and mentioned by many posters here. Many of those projections we also dependent on the whole team coming back and the loss of Kylington was a major blow to those hopes. Then there was the concern about Markstrom going full Tommy Salo. Well founded concern which turned out to be right on the nose. Finally there was the Sutter concern. Were the players coming in "Sutter players" and would they peacefully coexist. The projections were nice, but not really supported in any way.
Except he didn't for all the reasons listed above. In a perfect world, maybe. In the real world, not so much. The missing winger, the missing top four blueliner, the missing goaltender, and the missing dynamic of a coach who could use the talent at his disposal proved the house of cards built could not support the weight of expectations.
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Man you can be long winded.
A team with three solid centers, four top four defenders, above average 5-6 guys (one went AWOL), and a vezina finalist goaltender is a contending hockey team.
Too many good players didn't play well.
But that doesn't change the construction no matter how many words you throw at me.